Illuminated decorative device



Oct. 26, 1937. E. J. GRAF ILLUMINATED DECORATIVE DEV-ICE 1936 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan INVENTOR Z/mer c/ @af BY fl. i/

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E. J. GRAF ILLUMINATED DECORATIVE DEVICE 3 Sheets-Shef 2 Oct. 26, 1937.

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ATTORNEY Patented Get. 26, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ILLUMINATED DECORATIVE DEVICE Elmer J. Graf, Roselle, N. J., assignor to G. B. G. Corporation, Newark, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application January 31, 1936, Serial No. 61,653

21 Claims. (CI. 4110) This invention relates to an illuminated ornaapplied by using ground glass, mixed with silimental device particularly adapted for use in cate of soda. 1 connection with Christmas tree ornamentation. The front and sides of the canopy i may be I-Ieretofore, many types of ornamental illumiprovided with slots 8 arranged in the form of '5 nated units have been designed, but as far as a star or any other ornamentation desired. The I am aware, no one has proposed the types or depending part 5 may be made more or less ornamental devices herein shown and described translucent so that light striking it will allow wherein the lighting device carries ornaments, the outline of the picture or scenery to be objects, pictorial illustrations of scenery, or effireadily seen from. the back side of the orna- 10 gies of human beings or animals, or the like. mental structure. As shown in Figure 1, the 10 It is the principal object of my invention to lamp is fastened to the canopy I by a supportprovide a new type of unitary device, including ing member 9 somewhat in the manner as dissuch ornamentations, objects, effigies or the like, closed in my Patent 2,031,642, issued February which can be screwed or attached to the usual 25, 1936. However, as shown in Figure 3, the

'15 current supply socket forming a link in a housing structure may be carried directly on Chrismas tree lighting festoon wherein a numthe lamp by having the hole in the top of the her of lamps are connected in series, each series canopy only large enough to pass the stem '3 being arranged for connection to a current supof the lamp, whereby when the lamp is screwed ply such as the house-lighting circuit of 110 into the socket 4, the housing structure will be volts. If the lamps are 110 volts, they will held in place by the lamp itself. 20

be connected in multiple. .In Figure 3, the back portion of the depend- Other and ancillary objects will be apparent ing p Within the b o e l ne it. is made to one skilled in this particular art, from a readof transparent ortranslucent material and some ing of the following specification, taken in conportion thereof, such as H, may be colored to nection with the annexed drawings, wherein: give a better background for the snow-clad-tree 25 Figure 1 shows a front elevational view of I2. In the'arrangement of Figure 3, the frame one ofvmy .new and improved lighting units. S de f t e platform 6 y he made of Figure 2 is a side view of Figure 1. ornamental metallic grill work, in which case Figure 3. is a view similar to Figure l but of a may not be necessary to Cover it With the further modified form of device. broken glass or other light-reflecting material. ,30

Figures 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 show still further In this figure, the platform is shown as provided modified forms of construction. with some white substance, such as cotton I3,

In the various views, wherein like numbers on which an j Such as a deer is Shown refer to corresponding parts, I is a canopy type, in reclining position- They py I has Starhousing-like structure for housing a lamp bulb Shaped p gs 5 completely cut out as dis- .35 2 having its stem '3 projecting through or beyond tineuished m h slot arrangement 8 of the canopy I for engagement with a current sup- Figure ply socket 4, fragmentarily shown in Figure 3, In Figure 4, the canopy I is hemisphericalin The canopy I has a depending part 5 terminatshape, having star-shaped openings I5 as in 40 mg in a platform 6 bent forwardly substantially Figure 3, thebulb being anchored to the canopy 40 at right angles to the part .5 so as to be directly I through the member 9 and clips i6 engaging 2. below the bulb in the canopy I. flange II on the member 9. In this form the As shown in Figure 1, the depending part 5 depending part or platf rm 5 h s a railing is ornamented in any desired manner, that indiit t form of a basket held by the embe 5 cated being a house "I in the midst of a snow- I8 to the canopy I. As illustrated, the basket'5 storm, snow-covered trees and shrubbery being may Carry y desired objec t shown carried by the platform so that they will be ing a figure of the Christ Child. illuminated by the lamp bulb. The scenery on In Figure 5, the canopy I is bell-shaped and the depending part 5 will also be illuminated likewise the depending part 5 which is-spaced 0 by the lamp bulb. The outer surface of the apart or depends from it through the medium'of .50 canopy I, together with the depending part 5 the members I8 as in Figure 4. Between these and platform 5, are preferably covered with .a spaced portions, any desired ornament or object, -,material which will reflect rays of light either or efiigy may be positioned so as to be exposed to from the bulb 2 or other outside .illumination. view between the members I8. Both the partsI 55 .Such coating :may he efficiently prepared and 5 may be provided with ornamental openings .55

I9 constructed as in Figures 1, 3 and 4, or otherwise. Further ornamentations, like the bands or strips 20, may be provided across the outer surface of the members I and 5. Also, the whole or parts of the surface thereof may be covered with the light-reflecting material as heretofore described. In some cases, the bottom portion of the depending part 5 may carry, by means of wires 23, an ornamentation device in the shape of balls 2| and 22. These may be provided with ornaments 24 which will reflect light coming from the exterior of the structure, although the bottom of the part 5 may be provided with an orifice so that light from the bulb 2 may be thrown or projected downwardly through the opening onto the ball 2I In Figure 6 the canopy I is in the form of a sphere, the depending portion 5 being carried by members I8 as in Figure' l, the whole giving the effect of a balloon. The outer surface of the sphere may be broken up by bands or strips 29 as in Figure 5. Likewise, it may be provided with ornamental openings or translucent members I5 through which the light from the bulb 2 may pass. As shown in Figure 6, the depending part 5, in the form of a basket, is illustrated as carrying a Santa Claus 25 which may be illuminated by light coming through the openings or translucent members I5, or the bottom of the sphere may be provided with an opening from which the light rays from the bulb 2 will pass directly onto the object in the gasket 5.

In Figure '1, the depending part in the form of a platform 5, is shown held to the canopy I by a cylindrically formed transparent member 26 which may be of any suitable material, such as Cellophane, through which the objects I4 may be seen as illuminated from the bulb. The cellophane member 26 may be attached to the canopy I and the platform 5 in any satisfactory manner as by bent-over V-shaped prongs 32. The cylindrical, transparent member 26 may be used with a construction similar to that shown in Figure 4. In Figure 7, the metallic member 4 of the current supply socket is enclosed within an insulator 21 fastened directly to the canopy I in any satisfactory manner, the current supply leads being indicated at 28.

In Figure 8, the canopy I and depending part 5 are somewhat similar to that shown in Figure 3, but the current-supply socket 29 is provided with a flange 30 adapted to be engaged by a plurality of clips 3| extending from the canopy I. Thus the decorative structure comprising the canopy I and depending parts may be attached to the usual or what may be referred to as the standard type of current supply socket 29 used in Christmas-tree decorative lighting, by means of the clips 3 I.

In Figure 9 the same type of current supply socket 29 is used, as in Figure 8, but the shoulder 30, indicated in dotted lines in Figure 9, is within the canopy I and engages the metal of the canopy, which is provided with a hole only large enough to pass the upper portion of the socket 29.

The material from which the various structures are made may be of thin, light metal, or may be non-metallic,-in which case, if desired or necessary, it may be treated to render it noncombustible. The coating of ground-up glass and silicate of soda acts as a fire-proofing material.

It will be readily apparent, from the various views and from what has been said, that the designs per se may vary over a wide range with- 1. A decorative device of the class described,

including a canopy-type, housing-like structure, said structure having a depending part carrying at least one object to be illuminated, said canopy adapted to receive a lamp bulb therewithin, said bulb having its stem protruding through the canopy for support and current connection to a supply socket, the canopy cooperating with the bulb to illuminate said object.

2. A decorative device of the class described, including a canopytype, housing-like structure having a suspended part for carrying an object to be illuminated, and a lamp associated with the structure, with its stem projecting upwardly beyond the canopy for direct attachment and support for the entire structure to a socket, the bulb being positioned within the canopy so the object, as Well as the canopy, is illuminated.

3. A decorative device as set forth in claim 1, further characterized in that the lamp is permanently anchored to the housing-like structure, thereby forming a unitary device for direct attachment to said socket.

4. A decorative device of the class described form below the canopy adapted to carry objects to be illuminated, and a lamp having its bulb positioned within the canopy so as to illuminate it, as well as the objects on the platform, the stem of the lamp projecting upwardly through the canopy for engagement with a socket.

5. A decorative device as set forth in claim 4, further characterized in that the said depending part has at least some, portion translucent, with a pictorial illustration depicted on the front face of the translucent portion.

6. A decorative device as set forth in claim 4, further characterized in that the said depending part extends from the back side of the canopy and the platform projects forwardly at right angles to the depending part so as to be directly under the canopy and the lamp carried thereby.

7. A decorative device of the class described including, a canopy-type, housing-like structure having a spaced depending part, an object to be illuminated carried by the structure so as to be seen below the canopy, and a lamp having its bulb positioned within the canopy so as to illuminate said object, the lamp stem extending upwardly out of the canopy for connecting the lamp to a current supply socket, said stem acting as the entire support for the structure.

8. A decorative device as set forth in claim 7, characterized in that at least the canopy has its outer surface decorated with material which will reflect light.

9. A decorative device as set forth in claim 7, characterized in that the canopy has ornamental, interior, light-reflecting means positioned therein, and its outer surface treatedwith material which will reflect light.

10. A decorative device as set forth in claim 7, characterized in that said depending part is spaced a substantial distance from the canopy part and carries the object to be illuminated, both parts being treated with decorative lightreflecting material.

11. A Christmas-tree ornament comprising a canopy-type, housing-like structure adapted to receive a lamp with its bulb located within the confines of the canopy and its stem extending upwardly through the canopy for attachment to a socket, said structure having a spaced part depending from the canopy part and carrying at least one object illustrative of Christmas time and illuminated by said lamp.

12. A Christmas-tree ornament as set forth in claim 11, characterized in that the whole structure is preferably decorated with material which will reflect light.

13. A Christmas-tree ornament as set forth in claim 11, characterized in that the spaced part of the structure is connected to the canopy part by a relatively wide flat strip of material which is preferably in part translucent and on which is delineated any desired configuration.

14. A Christmas tree ornament as set forth in claim 11, characterized in that the spaced part of the structure is connected to the canopy part by a relatively wide fiat strip of material which is preferably in part translucent and on which is delineated any desired configuration; and further characterized in that the spaced part is in the form of a platform for receiving a desired object.

15. A Christmas tree ornament as set forth in claim 11, characterized in that the spaced part of the structure is connected to the canopy part by a relatively wide flat strip of material which is preferably in part translucent and on which is delineated any desired configuration; and further characterized in that the spaced part is in the form of a platform for receiving a desired object, and still further characterized in that the platform is enclosed by a railing preferably of a metallic ornamental strip.

16. A Christmas tree ornament as set forth in claim 11, characterized in that the spaced part of the structure is in the form of a basket suspended from the canopy for carryingf said object.

17. A Christmas tree ornament as set forth in claim 11, characterized in that the spaced'part of the structure is similar in shape to the canopy part.

18. A Christmas tree ornament as set forth in claim 11, characterized in that the spaced part of the structure is similar in shape to the canopy part, and further characterized in that the lower end of the said spaced part has an ornamental object suspended therefrom and preferably illuminated from said lamp.

19. A Christmas-tree ornament as set forth in claim 11, characterized in that the spaced part of the structure is in the form of a platform carrying an object to'be illuminated, the platform being suspended from the canopy by a transparent member.

20. A Christmas tree ornament, including a house-like structure, a lamp bulb mounted within said structure and having its stem protruding through the roof for supporting the structure and for making connection to a current supply socket.

21. A Christmas tree ornament as set forth inclaim 20, further characterized in that an object to be illuminated is located Within the houselike structure.

ELMER. J. GRAF. 

